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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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December 06, 2021
Victims' Attys Want Docs Clawed Back In Scouts Ch. 11
Divisions among three law firms that initially worked together in lining up thousands of alleged sexual abuse victims for claims against the bankrupt Boy Scouts of America broke further into the open Monday in a Delaware court dispute over waivers of attorney-client privilege.
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December 06, 2021
3rd Circ. Backs L'Oreal's Win In Atty's Whistleblower Suit
The Third Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a whistleblower suit brought by a former L'Oreal USA Inc. attorney who claimed the cosmetics giant canned him for raising concerns about pressure to file baseless patent applications.
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December 06, 2021
Pa. Law Firm Says Federal Estate Row Barred By Settlement
A dispute with a central Pennsylvania law firm over its handling of two sisters' estates should be tossed because it was already settled in state court, the firm told a federal judge Monday.
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December 06, 2021
Cook Co. Atty, Judges Want Out Of Ill. Name-Change Law Row
Cook County's state's attorney and two of its judges urged an Illinois federal judge on Monday to throw out a lawsuit brought by eight transgender women who claim a state law preventing them from changing their legal names because of their felony convictions is unconstitutional, saying they aren't the proper defendants for such a challenge.
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December 06, 2021
Davis Polk Again Seeks End To Associate Discrimination Case
A dive into the track record of a former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate has uncovered "no witness or document" backing his story that he was pushed out for raising concerns about race and diversity, the firm told a New York federal court on Monday.
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